Crisis Communications Consultants on FreshBooks pay $33/month — $396/year. Over three years, that's $1,329. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 8.5 months. The median Crisis Communications Consultant earns $55,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 0.7% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,329 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Crisis Communications Consultants face unique challenges: Getting the call at 11 p.m. when a client's story has already broken and the first hour decides whether the narrative is survivable. Drafting a holding statement that satisfies legal, the CEO, and the public at once while the clock runs. Keeping a fragmented client team aligned on one message when executives keep freelancing comments to reporters. Billing for crisis retainers and emergency rates without it looking like profiteering off a client's worst week. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $33/month ($396/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Crisis Communications Consultant earns $55,000/year. Software at $396/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Meltwater is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
FreshBooks is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | FreshBooks | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $33/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,329 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
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Most of my work is invisible until it isn't. A normal day is monitoring — Brandwatch and Meltwater running sentiment scans across my clients, watching for the spike that means something is about to break. I run tabletop exercises with a client's leadership so that when the real thing hits, nobody freezes. I draft and pre-approve holding statements for the scenarios most likely to land on each client, because you can't write a good one in the eleven minutes you'll actually have. Then a day stops being normal: a client's incident leaks to a reporter at 4 p.m. and the first hour is everything. I get legal, the CEO, and HR on a call and broker one message they can all live with — legal wants to admit nothing, the CEO wants to over-apologize, the public needs honesty and speed. I write the holding statement, brief the spokesperson on what not to say, and set up monitoring to watch how it lands. I lock down internal comms because a single executive freelancing a quote to a reporter can reignite the fire. Late into the night I'm tracking spread, updating the statement, and prepping for the morning news cycle. The whole job is preparing for hours that, when they come, leave no time to prepare.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. FreshBooks may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. FreshBooks is $33/month — that's $1,329 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
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The average solo operator there spends about $2,448/year on software — and Crisis Communications Consultant face their own version of that math. FL state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Port St. Lucie metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Crisis Communications Consultants run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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